Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Tea Review Tuesday - A Review of Teavivre's Chun Mei Green Tea

Having been forewarned by the description that this tea had a
slightly bitter taste, I prepared myself for something akin to a
slightly-oversteeped black tea-astringency. On the contrary, I found
that this tea was nothing like that.

Preparing a small, two-cup teapot of this Chun Mei, I
noticed the sweet, grassy smell that wafted up from the packaging. The
pale yellow-ish tea that resulted from the steeping yielded these same
characteristics - sweet, yet grassy. The bitterness was there, but it
was more akin to eating a slightly bitter herb, where the bitterness is
almost an afterthought. It does not at all ruin the tasting of this tea
but, rather, keeps it complex, to a degree.

Teavivre's Chun Mei is a great tea to try,
especially for those who enjoy lighter greens, such as Dragonwell. On my
personal enjoyment scale, I would rate this tea a 3.